翻臉

翻臉

See also: 翻脸

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	face
trad. (翻臉)		翻	臉
simp. (翻脸)		翻	脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fānliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanlean
    • IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ lim⁵
    • Yale: fāan líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ lim⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /fäːn⁵⁵ liːm¹³/

Verb

翻臉

1. to suddenly turn hostile; to fall out with

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 變面／变面, 起屁面